“If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.”

“Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us.”

“[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.”

“As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly.”

“To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself a mercy, a fatherly expression of love.”

“We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.”

“He gave our pain and struggles a holy significance, a redemptive power, which makes it a privilege for us to suffer with Christ.”